Things you may not have known about Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's new first partner

Things you may not have known about Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's new first partner

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On Jan. 7, Jennifer Siebel Newsom will become the 37th first lady of California, although she would prefer the title of first partner.

"We're going to have a female governor someday soon," Siebel Newsom explained to POLITICO during the campaign. "I think that partner is kind of cool because also it opens the opportunity for any couple to step in and that's exciting to me."

Siebel Newsom started dating governor-elect Gavin Newsom in 2006. After the two were married in 2008, Siebel Newsom served as first lady of San Francisco from 2008-2010, succeeding Kimberly Guilfoyle (who's dating Donald Trump, Jr. now, by the way).

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Siebel Newsom attended Stanford University and later received an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Click through the slideshow above for things you might not have known about Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the new first partner of California.